Young Composers Seminar

Under the direction of Festival Resident Composer David Serkin Ludwig, the Young Composers Seminar brings together a group of virtuoso and already-accomplished young composers. Each young composer creates a new work for the Festival, which is brought to life for the first time by Festival artists, thrilling composers and audience members alike. The Young Composers leave LCCMF with a professional quality recording of their work, as well as newly acquired skills that will help them in their chosen profession.

Meet the 2024 Composers

  • Jonah Cohen

    The Juiliard School

  • Delfin Demiray

    Curtis Institute of Music

  • Yuri Lee

    Princeton University

Former Participants

2023
Kian Ravaei, UCLA
Kyle Rivera, Yale
Katrina Toner, Juilliard

2022
Cashel Day-Lewis, Oberlin
Sofia Jen Ouyang, Juilliard

2019
Nathan Bales, Curtis
Akshaya Avril Tucker, University of Texas Austin
Elizabeth Younan, Curtis

2018
Wei Dai, Curtis
Nick DiBerardino, Curtis
Alex Weiser, NYC

2017
Elise Arancio, Atlanta, GA
Aiyana Tedi Braun, Curtis
Alistair Coleman, Juilliard
Hannah Ishizaki, Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Moses, Curtis

2016
John Boggs, University of Michigan
Hyerim Yoo, Royal Academy of Music, London

2015
Emily Cooley, Curtis
Viet Cuong, Princeton
Ian Gottlieb, Yale

2014
TJ Cole, Curtis
Chelsea Komschiles, Univ. of Colorado
Niels Verosky, Swarthmore

2013
Loren Loiacono, Cornell
Rene Orth, Curtis
Riho Esko Maimets, Curtis

2012
Serena Creary, Oberlin
Tamzin Ferré Elliott, Bard
Phillip Golub, Harvard and NEC

2011
Katerina Kramarchuk, Curtis
Zach Sheets, Harvard
Andrés Martinez de Valasco, Bard

2010
Molly Joyce, Julliard
Dylan Mattingly, Bard
Joshua Morris, Oberlin
Gabriella Smith, Curtis

2009
David Bloom, Bard
Daniel Shapiro, Curtis
Alyssa Weinberg, Vanderbilt
Tim Woos, Curtis

Gold Girl, Dark Doves, 2023, for soprano, viola, and piano
Alistair Coleman (YCS ‘17)

Red, Blue, Black, 2019, for clarinet and string quartet
TJ Cole (YCS '14)

Moonshot, 2019, concerto for violin and string chamber orchestra
Alistair Coleman (YCS '17)

Jasper Beach, 2018, for flute, cello, and piano
Nick DiBerardino (YCS '18)

Settle, 2016, for piano quartet
Emily Cooley (YCS ‘15)

Sonatensatz, 2015, for flute, clarinet, oboe, horn, cello, and piano
Loren Loiacono (YCS ‘13)

Fireflies, 2014, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Phillip Golub (YCS ‘12)

Contemplations, 2013, for clarinet, violin, and piano
Alyssa Weinberg (YCS '09)

Brandenburg Insterstices, 2012
Gabriella Smith (YCS '10)

String Quartet, 2011
Tim Woos (YCS '09)

Festival Commissions From YCS Graduates

LCCMF Composers at FlynnSpace 2016: Joan Tower, David Ludwig, Nina Young, Emily Cooley (YCS ’15), Pierre Jalbert.

ONE Strings students prepare for visit by Nick DiBerardino (YCS ’18) workshop on graphical notation in composition.